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The Co-Lead Agencies considered comments received during scoping (from September 2012 through January 2013) and summarized them in a publicly available Scoping Report. Appendix G of the Scoping Report contains all comments received during scoping.

Comments regarding the Gateway Pacific Terminal/Custer Spur proposal will continue to be collected and made publicly available. Comments received since the closing of the scoping period can be found below.

You can submit your questions or comments to staff using the Submit a Question page. Due to the volume of questions and comments, staff will not respond to all comments individually but will respond to themes through the Frequently Asked Questions page.

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Coal dust, pollution, noise and traffic don't stop at the ports. Everyone in the PacNW, from communities near the mines
to coastal residents breathing in China's emissions deserve answers about long term impacts from the proposed coal
exports... View full comment

I write in strongest opposition to any all permits currently and likely soon to be considered by the Army Corps of
Engineers for coal export terminals in the Pacific Northwest. These terminals, including those at Port Morrow in
Boardman, Oregon and at... View full comment

We don't want to be exporting coal for other countries to burn because it will hammer our global environment
especially contributing massively to global warming. Also, it would damage our local environment, exacerbating health
problems and fouling... View full comment

As a homeowner on Magnolia Hill, less than a block from the railroad line and bridge crossing near the Ballard Locks, I
must insist that consideration be made for not only the increased hazardous diesel and coal dust emissions from the
proposed coal... View full comment

As a resident of Whatcom County, I am strongly opposed to a coal export facility at Cherry Point.
Currently, there are three proposed coal terminals in Washington and Oregon that would export millions of tons of coal
each year through our communities.... View full comment

You've doubtless heard us over here in Washington and Oregon. We're pretty vocal about our concerns over hauling
coal through our beautiful states to ports for shipment over seas.
There are three remaining proposed coal terminals in... View full comment

My son, a father of two small children, works for a railroad in the Pacific Northwest. He works all hours of the day and
night moving and switching train cars. What is being shipped can be dangerous to the railroad workers, and pose a risk
to their... View full comment

Dear Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Ecology and Whatcom County Council:
I strongly oppose the construction of a coal export terminal at Cherry Point, Washington and transporting strip-mined coal from Montana and Wyoming on trains and ships... View full comment

The people of the Pacific Northwest deserve a full impact statement for each coal terminal project. That way, an
informed, intelligent decision can be made.
The people of the Pacific Northwest deserve nothing less.... View full comment

Dear Comments,
I strongly oppose the construction of a coal export terminal at Cherry Point, Washington and transporting strip-mined coal from Montana and Wyoming on trains and ships throughout the Northwest. This proposal would negatively affect my... View full comment

Dear Comments,
I strongly oppose the construction of a coal export terminal at Cherry Point, Washington and transporting strip-mined coal from Montana and Wyoming on trains and ships throughout the Northwest. This proposal would negatively affect my... View full comment

Dear Comments,
I strongly oppose the construction of a coal export terminal at Cherry Point, Washington and transporting strip-mined coal from Montana and Wyoming on trains and ships throughout the Northwest. This proposal would negatively affect my... View full comment

Dear Comments,
I strongly oppose the construction of a coal export terminal at Cherry Point, Washington and transporting strip-mined coal from Montana and Wyoming on trains and ships throughout the Northwest. This proposal would negatively affect my... View full comment

Dear Comments,
I strongly oppose the construction of a coal export terminal at Cherry Point, Washington and transporting strip-mined coal from Montana and Wyoming on trains and ships throughout the Northwest. This proposal would negatively affect my... View full comment

Dear Comments,
I strongly oppose the construction of a coal export terminal at Cherry Point, Washington and transporting strip-mined coal from Montana and Wyoming on trains and ships throughout the Northwest. This proposal would negatively affect my... View full comment

Dear Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Ecology and Whatcom County Council:
I strongly oppose the construction of a coal export terminal at Cherry Point, Washington and transporting strip-mined coal from Montana and Wyoming on trains and ships... View full comment

Dear Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Ecology and Whatcom County Council:
I strongly oppose the construction of a coal export terminal at Cherry Point, Washington and transporting strip-mined coal from Montana and Wyoming on trains and ships... View full comment

Dear Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Ecology and Whatcom County Council:
I strongly oppose the construction of a coal export terminal at Cherry Point, Washington and transporting strip-mined coal from Montana and Wyoming on trains and ships... View full comment

Dear Commander Colonel Bruce Estok,
The U.S.'s addiction to fossil fuel (in this case, coal) is blinding us to the EXTREMELY SERIOUS DAMAGE that coal export
terminals would have on the environment, on endangered species and on human health in the... View full comment